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Convicted FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried files formal request for Trump pardon
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- Sam Bankman-Fried has formally submitted a request for a presidential pardon to President Donald Trump, according to information listed on the U.S.
- The exact date of the filing isn't clear but DOJ records indicate the request for "pardon after completion of sentence" was submitted in 2026 and is pending.
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Sam Bankman-Fried has formally submitted a request for a presidential pardon to President Donald Trump, according to information listed on the U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Pardon Attorney website.
The cofounder of the now defunct FTX crypto exchange is currently serving a 25-year federal prison sentence after he was found guilty of orchestrating a massive fraud scheme that misused billions of dollars in customer funds at FTX and its affiliated trading firm, Alameda Research.
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